Long Marrows Poems

As the mediterranean torrents 
thawed away this wildflower of Medusa ~
once roaring in merciless thunders, 
now, I'm found swaying,
midst lemongrass fields ~
conversing with freshwater naiads
for, every weed is a storyteller
     ...

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~names allured ere call of wind _conferred again to Alls’ begin~
~meandering souls ebb tides of sea _ so shall marrows forever be~

We hark unto ye trumpets, O elephants_ tis proclaimed magnificence_
As Ye Bellow of Life’s...

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~names allured ere call of wind _conferred again to All’s begin~
~meandering souls ebb tides of sea _ so shall marrows forever be~

We hark unto ye trumpets, O elephants_ tis proclaimed magnificence_
As Ye Bellow of Life’s...

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Why Hath This Universe Given Sorrow Its Great Powers

Why hath this Universe given Sorrow its great powers,
with hard, dark rains, that our sad souls it showers?
Booming echoes that shatter bone's marrows
penetrating depths of anguish's lair...

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Once upon a time,
When peace was at its prime.
The moon was always the light in the night,
Seeing flashing of teeth under the moonlight.
Songs from the heart rented the air,
Because it was an honor to bear....

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When the struggles and grudges of life weakens me down to my bones and marrows,
And l have none to strengthen me;
The grace of praise l embrace will quicken and be my strength.
When the devil fires...

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Just see the morning itself has come to sit in my spine shaking in delight
A grand sun much grander in splendour than the one you see everyday
Is bubbling over in laughter of each and every...

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Poetic Verses Cast On Angel Of My First True Love

Red dust stirring in her footsteps, grace in her shoes 
she was a fearful angel, between old world and new
sweetness and joy in her bounty, purple...

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I was born in the odds, 
I lived through it,
dotted the lines on my path
I was born among hyenas, 
these scrambling to stiffen the last breath, 
Amidst hurts and hate first from home,

A lot cast...

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Double Chained Sonnets

(1.)
Clock Sounding, Its Hum Of Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock,
Double Chained Sonnets

World, our existence, more than mere charades
charades of fantasy, dreams and parades 
parades often growing beyond the pale
pale in reality, to pits of hell.
Hell born...

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When tears fall,
The world becomes dark and sultry
Upon the body and soul of the beholder.
The sound reverberated side by side as 
The emotions and feelings fall apart 
Flowers stings more than bee stings.
Pains hold down...

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FELICIA (dedicated to the efforts of all on the HIV/AIDS scourge)

Rapturous ecstasy emanates from the town
Everyone, everywhere spoke of this damsel
She has just newly packed into town
Gossips could be seen around in their clusters:
"Who is...

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Have you seen a mother cry?
Have you seen her weep sorrowfully?
She cry always for a child, when barren.
A broken heart, when cheated.
Infidelity when beaten by her husband.
Then the experience of motherhood hurt her to the...

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Whilst I remain hopeful and confident
There are doubts in my veins
Eating up my blood and causing pains
With absolutely no room to frail
I always formulate and jubilate but to no avail
Because this fear marinate my genes...

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Forgive me if I ask how long before we converge again around the bonfire in the wee hours to douse this chilly dust-laden winds of the season.
It was a misery, but it should happen again.
That...

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Desperation travels my marrows,
still breath stealing all my tomorrows
the blessing of your love I couldn't show
whirling and coiling me up like tornadoes

dispirited in my shadow
come save me now, I cry a billion folds
if you see...

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deep, deep into the coven
Men gathered in black red
chanting of loom doom to come
Spiritualism shrunk and shrieked
Enchantment of idols of life 
Chanting rumbles of voidness and
tempest and hailstones and hell
Devil's advocates gathered in tears
Demons gathered...

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Nwanyi'agadi, the daughter of Nwanyi'kwele,
On our day of Armageddon,
We will publish your name upon the office of Justice,
Come, sit here and prevail.
You will stand on the fulcrum, and clench the Ofor into your right fist,
Become...

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When Yesterday's Ghost Rises From Its Grave,
4th poem, From my blog, A Quartet Of Poems

(4.)
 
When Yesterday's Ghost Rises From Its Grave,
(4th poem, From my blog, A Quartet Of Poems)

When yesterday's ghost rises from its...

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On the bank of the James River,
Virginia Colony, 
a proposal was conceived to constrain the African fire.
The ploy, a real achievement in the West-Indian settlements.
In Rome, bodies were paraded along the byways, 
to make a...

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Blessed Hope, Rays Of True Light, And Silent Prayer

An ancient man in darken and morbid cloud
no longer full of vigor and foolishly proud
Constant lashing winds, setting heart aghast
as rising black and purple waves cry of...

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Easy to say forget,
tell me about it!
I can't forget, see
i can't forget
There is something
here, inside of me,
that overwhelms me
Here right over my
heart
There is something
stay nailed
It is beyond my
control, i can't
take it out
My eyes are getting
lost,...

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You want peace but peace here is abstract
Love this, love that and love all, but don’t love
For love here is an obstruct
An obstruction for the much more turmoil laughs 
Laugh at this, laugh at that...

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Often When I Must Take A Sad Look Back

Look back remembering how hard I wept
Seeing  decay of where we both once slept
You were beauty and hand full of treasure
Then our new-sprung love grew beyond...

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ROYAL HEROINE

A pure damsel
of noble borne
with her crown
unseen,resting upon
her noble brow.

Though in thoughts 
and gaze was
something entirely
different, the libration 
of her own clan.

So to arms
she chooses, sword in 
hand, shield on the 
other,bow and arrows...

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